RCMP are investigating after a vehicle “left the scene” of a collision in Air Ronge that sent an 11-year-old boy to hospital on Thursday evening.

Sgt. Daryl Andrusiak with the RCMP said he had little information on the file, but noted a report about the incident, which took place in the area of Jimmy Roberts Road, had come in at around 7:53 p.m. Oct. 27, noting an ambulance was dispatched to take the boy to hospital.

Melissa Tremblay, 25, says she witnessed the alleged hit-and-run and she said the incident happened in an instant.

“I just went outside and probably five seconds later, a truck was driving by and he was going really fast, probably like 60, 70 kilometres at least,” she said. “I noticed these two younger boys walking ahead and that truck just went straight for them, hit him, and then just kept going.”

“He didn’t even slow down or anything,” she said, claiming she saw the truck driving in the ditch where the boys were walking.

Melissa Tremblay, 25, says she witnessed an alleged vehicle vs. pedestrian collision in the community of Air Ronge on Oct. 27 that sent an 11-year-old boy to hospital. While she didn’t have a phone to call 911, Tremblay yelled to her neighbours to call and ambulance after witnessing the alleged incident.(Supplied/Melissa Tremblay/Facebook.com) /
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Due to the fact Tremblay didn’t have a phone, she was unable to dial 911, but asked her neighbours to call for help when they came outside to see what had happened.

“I just started yelling, ‘Call and ambulance right now! A boy just got hit,’ ” she said, saying she believes the boy was knocked unconscious, as there was a few moments of silence before he started screaming and crying.

“It happened so fast,” she said. “As soon as I went outside, it just happened.”

She said she’s fearful her three children will get hurt, saying she warns them to avoid the stretch of road constantly.

“I don’t even want them playing outside,” she said. “It’s scary, this road.”

Tremblay’s description of the truck is limited due to the fact it was relatively dark outside, but recalled it as an older truck maybe black or grey in colour.

The boy’s godmother told the Saskatoon StarPhoenix on Saturday that he was taken to Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert following the collision, saying it’s her understanding the boy had a small skull fracture and hematoma.

Living in the area for three years, she said she’s seen several instances where motorists were driving dangerously on the road.

“It’s a little terrifying to live on this street, because a stretch of this road has no houses — I’d say half a kilometre of it is just straight road — so people speed on that road, and then coming up to the houses, they don’t slow down.”

The boy’s godmother said she would like to see the speed limit on the stretch of road reduced to cut down on the number of aggressive drivers.

When asked how her godson was doing following the crash, she said he’s alert, responsive and at home, but shaken up.

“He’s pretty traumatized with questioning why somebody would hit him,” she said. “He’s curious as to why this would happen to him and I think he’s a bit traumatized in that sense.”

RCMP communications were unable to provide any further information about the investigation Sunday.

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